26th Annual
Vikingland
Band Festival
Parade Marching Championship
Sunday, June 27, 2010
1:30 PM
PLUS! Root Beer Float Concert
Saturday, June 26, 2010
6:00 PM
Alexandria, Minnesota
The Midwest's finest high school marching bands gather in
Alexandria for the Vikingland Band Festival parade marching championship. Summer parade bands are
at their peak in late June and they pull out all the stops as they perform on the city’s extra-wide main street.
Seven different bands have claimed the Grand Champion title in the Festival's 25-year history. Join us
to see who rises to the top in 2010!
The 2010 Vikingland Band Festival Parade Marching Championship will be extra special as the Honor Band is from Norway.
Future Dates:
June 26, 2011
June 24, 2012
Always the last Sunday
in June
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BAND FROM NORWAY TO PERFORM IN 2010
The Nøtterøy School Band from Nøtterøy, Norway will perform as the Honor Band of the 2010 Vikingland Band Festival.
The Nøtterøy band includes 94 students ages 10-19. They are traveling to Alexandria to help celebrate the band's 60th anniversary and to share a cross-cultural experience with American band students.
The band has won the Norwegian National Championship for street marching two of the past three years.
The Festival committee is thrilled to welcome our international guests! This marks the third time a Norwegian band has marched in the Festival.
Back for 2010!
"ROOT BEER FLOAT CONCERT" ON SATURDAY NIGHT
The Vikingland Band Festival weekend will feature events on both Saturday and Sunday in 2010. On Saturday, June 26,
bring your lawn chairs or blankets to the front lawn of Jefferson High School to enjoy free root beer floats, face painting and an informal musical performance.
2009 PHOTO GALLERY
Relive the excitement of the 25th Annual Vikingland Band Festival parade marching championship. View 145 images in the 2009 photo gallery.
2009 PARADE RESULTS
Moderate temperatures and breezy winds greeted a fantastic slate of 22 marching bands during the 25th annual Festival. Waconia earned both Grand Champion and People's Choice honors.
Sauk Rapids-Rice and Winona Cotter retired Class Champion flags this year after placing first in their class for three consecutive years. View 2009 results online
or download the complete recap (PDF format).
FREE bonus DVD of aerial footage!
ORDER THE 2009 PARADE DVD
Fantastic aerial shots and multi-camera views make the Vikingland Band Festival DVD great.
The television-style production features each band's performance along with highlights from the awards ceremony.
New for 2009, you get a bonus DVD of unedited footage from the overhead camera. Each band's performance can be seen from the air, uncut, showcasing their
formations as they march through the video recording area. Get details and order now at ExcellentMultimedia.com »
FESTIVAL FEATURED IN MAGAZINE
Alexandria's Vikingland Band Festival is featured prominently in the March 2009 issue of Halftime Magazine, a glossy full color publication with a circulation of 10,000 that promotes
the sights and spirit of marching bands across the country. The magazine article covers unique forms of marching activity and the Vikingland Band Festival is noted for its pioneering
role as a "bands-only" parade. Read the article at HalftimeMag.com »
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Festival Scenes: View past photo galleries »
EXPERIENCE THE FESTIVAL IN PERSON
Join the 20,000 spectators and 2,000 performers for this spectacular event.
Look here for the parade route and maps of Alexandria. More »
2009 PLATINUM SPONSORS
GOLD SPONSORS
EMBARQ
Holiday Station Stores
Aagard
SILVER SPONSORS
Alexandria Technical College
Pete's County Market
Martinson Insurance
Knights of Columbus
Sertoma
Gardonville
HPS Rentals
Indigo Signworks
Marching.com
Bernick's Pepsi
Alexandria Golf Cars
West Central Sanitation
VFW Post #936
PAST RESULTS
Did you know that 84 different bands have appeared in the Vikingland Band Festival since its inception in 1985? Browse the Festival archives to access scores and participants from previous Festivals.
DID YOU KNOW...?
Three bands have appeared in every Vikingland Band Festival. Congrats and thanks to Bertha-Hewitt, Long Prairie and Alexandria for this long run.
Including 2009 appearances, these bands have appeared at least 15 times: Fergus Falls (22), Litchfield (22), Park Center (21), Waconia (21), Henry Sibley (20), Mankato Lancers (20), Winona Cotter (20),
St. Cloud All-City (19), Albert Lea (16), Osseo (16).
Eleven different bands have been named People's Choice since we launched the award in 1989, and Waconia and the Mankato Lancers have
won it a whopping five times each! Previous People's Choice award winners:
• 2007-08-09 Waconia
• 2006 The Patriots
• 2004-05 Waconia
• 2000-01-02-03 Mankato Lancers
• 1999 Albert Lea
• 1998 Champlin Park
• 1997 Fergus Falls
• 1996 Long Prairie
• 1994-95 Irondale
• 1993 Mankato Lancers
• 1991-92 New Richmond, WI
• 1990 Henry Sibley
• 1989 Hibbing
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